Cioppino with spot prawns & halibut cheeks!

Cioppino! Sea Forager Superstar Ang Wisco shares her recipe for the miracle seafood dish we all love, now with exceptional Ingredients: (serves 10)

  • 1/2lb each: Halibut cheeks, spot prawns, & mussels

  • Olive oil

  • Sesame oil

  • Butter

  • Onions (white or yellow)

  • Garlic

  • Tomatoes

  • Red pepper

  • Yellow pepper

  • Cherry bomb pepper (a little spicy)

  • Celery

  • Carrot

  • Potatoes (fingerling)

  • Thyme

  • Oregano

  • White wine

  • Water

  • Salt

  • Meyer lemon

  • Yuzu if you have it

Method:

  1. Stir fry onions until brown in sesame oil (or neutral oil)

  2. Add chopped garlic, fry garlic until light brown

  3. Add red and yellow peppers and 1-2 tbsp olive oil, stir together so garlic doesn’t burn, fry for a couple mins

  4. Add tomatoes, celery, carrots, fingerling potatoes

  5. Add thyme and oregano

  6. Add white wine

  7. Add 1-2 tbsp butter

  8. Add Cherry bomb pepper (a little spicy), chopped fine

  9. Add lemon juice (maybe 1/4 lemon)

  10. Got yuzu? Add yuzu juice! About half of a yuzu, no seeds

  11. Add water to desired level of soupiness

  12. Simmer all the non fishy stuff for at least 30 min. The longer the better, a couple hours if you can.

  13. While it’s simmering, in this order, put in halibut cheeks, after 3-4 min put in spot prawns, after 2 min put in mussels and let it simmer for another 4 min. (Total simmer times: halibut 8-10 mins, prawns 5-6 mins, mussels 3-4 mins)

  14. Serve right away! (Or else the mussels and prawns will continue to cook and get less tender)

Suggest serving with lightly toasted sourdough bread and butter

Member SubmissionMussels, Spot Prawns, Halibut